Cost Manager - Energy Construction Projects

Turner & Townsend; Valencia; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a seasoned Cost Manager/QS in Valencia, Spain, to lead cost planning, pre- and post-contract activities, and client liaison on complex projects in energy, data centers, pharma, and oil & gas sectors.

The role requires at least 5 years of cost estimation experience, fluency in Spanish and English, and strong leadership to drive cost control and value engineering across medium to high complexity projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience preparing cost estimates.
• Experience in Energy, Data center, Pharma, Oil and Gas preferred.
• Fluent in Spanish and English.
• Strong knowledge across pre-contract, post-contract, and final accounts.
• Understanding of civil, structural, and architectural aspects in construction.
• Experience leading cost management on medium to high complexity projects.
• Experience advising on value management and life cycle costing.

Responsibilities

• Provide estimate and cost planning, including final cost plan.
• Estimate at conceptual, programming, and detailed levels.
• Manage procurement processes and bid analysis.
• Produce monthly post-contract cost reports to the client.
• Lead cost management team and support value engineering.
• Identify opportunities to develop business with existing clients.

Skills

Fluent Spanish & English

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority‑owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are engaged to support our clients with many complex projects, responsible for all aspects of cost management and project delivery and we are seeking Quantity Surveyors / Cost Managers to act as the day‑to‑day interface with our clients driving projects to achieve an excellent outcome.

We are looking for Cost Manager /QS with either CSA and/or MEP Cost Management experience, that may have worked on major construction projects or in the Energy sector.

Key Elements:

• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed level.
• Assist on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
• Perform all aspects of procurement, including managing the pre‑qualification stage, produce bid list, bid analysis, produce bid report, and compile contractual documents.
• Participate effectively with post‑contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable refer major changes to line manager.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process.
• Produce monthly post‑contract cost reports and present to client.
• Provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts.
• Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all project stages.
• Provide leadership to cost management team when necessary, ensure the delivery on all of accountabilities.
• Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to appropriate line manager, and utilize marketing database.
• Identify improvements for cost management procedures, templates, and products, and refer ideas to appropriate line manager.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience preparing cost estimates
• Experience in Energy, Data center, Pharma, Oil and Gas, preferred
• Fluent in Spanish and English
• Good technical experience in all cost management areas; pre‑contract, post contract and final account
• Good understanding of all mechanical, process, electrical, and plumbing systems, as they relate to construction of projects
• Good understanding of all civils, structural and architectural aspects as they relate to construction of projects
• Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity
• Experience with advising clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing.
• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills
• Great organizational skills; ability to multi‑task and be a team player

Additional Information:

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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